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> I wrote this little thing:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -q city  
> if ( test $? -eq 0 ) 
>   then
>     echo "found"
> else 
>    echo "not found"
>    echo "running ppp..."
>    ppp -auto -alias city
> fi
[.....]

or:

#! /bin/sh
killall -0 ppp || ppp -auto -alias city

> thanks,
> Keith
> 

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